When Ester Elizabeth Ford was born on 9 June 1829, in Columbus, Columbus Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, her father, Johnathan Ford, was 28 and her mother, Rachael Robertson, was 23. She married Warham Eugene Whedon on 5 April 1846, in Marion, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and San Juan Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1860. She died on 15 December 1907, in Soquel, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Soquel, Santa Cruz, California, United States.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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